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xserver-xorg-input-evdev package

  1. Bug #274203
  2. Comment #89

Comment 89 for bug 274203

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unebaguettesvp (phil-quietthenloud) wrote :

So, I've made some progress but I still can't play ANY games. Literally. NONE.

I've edited my xorg.conf file to look like this (I've omitted things that don't pertain to the input devices):

Section "ServerLayout"
 Identifier "Default Layout"
 Screen "Default Screen" 0 0
 InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
 InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
 InputDevice "Configured Joystick"
 InputDevice "Configured Joystick 2"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
 Option "AutoAddDevices" "False"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Configured Joystick"
 Driver "joystick"
 Option "Device" "/dev/input/event5"
 Option "SendCoreEvents" "False"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Configured Joystick 2"
 Driver "joystick"
 Option "Device" "/dev/input/event4"
 Option "SendCoreEvents" "False"
EndSection

My problem was setting the correct Device for each joystick. Now, the joysticks (yes, I have 2, unplugging one doesn't fix the other) do not move, left click, or right click the cursor. jscalibrator reports all buttons working perfectly. But when I try to configure the buttons in various emulators and MAME, the buttons work but the directional pads do not do anything.

I tried fooling around with the Option "MapAxis#" for each joystick and that did nothing at all. I even tried doing:

Option "MapAxis1" "mode=none"
Option "MapAxis2" "mode=none"
Option "MapAxis3" "mode=none"
Option "MapAxis4" "mode=none"
Option "MapAxis5" "mode=none"
Option "MapAxis6" "mode=none"

thinking that all directional pads would be disabled. But they weren't. I changed the modes around too and nothing worked.

I have two Logitech Cordless RumblePad 2 controllers. They are very similar to a PS2 controller.

For those of you that have configured your joysticks through your xorg.conf file, do your directional pads work in games? Did you have to do anything else to get them working?

I've been using joysticks in Ubuntu since Edgy and I've never had a problem with them. All I needed to do was to just plug them into a USB port. I'm seriously considering downgrading.